Comments on: MTA Could Move on Fare Hike TODAY

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:05:40 +0000

I wonder how europe, such as the swiss transport system, can pay its way easily and never have late trains and yet the systems in the UK, USA and Australia are expensive, do not have a good record of runninjg on time and seem to be poorly run?

Must be a reason.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:39:23 +0000

“Anyway, I’m not opposed to a fare hike if it is the only way to keep the system from going under.”
Doesn’t that go without saying? Is there anyone who would rather see the whole system collapse than pay more? It’s never about the system collapsing, it’s about money managed more efficiently. If you went to your boss and told him that you could only run this company into debt you’d be fired. Get someone who can run this system with the billions of dollars it generates a year.

By: Marc Shepherd

Marc Shepherd — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:49:33 +0000

All Spitzer said was that fare hikes would be a “last resort.” That’s a standard promise that politicians of both parties use. You can never prove that he broke the promise, because “last resort” is undefined.

The only ways to fund the MTA are the farebox, debt, and tax increases. The MTA is already too far in debt, and these days it’s pretty hard to get a tax increase approved. So that leaves a fare/toll increase.

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